| Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha | Another calendar launch and our Bolly biggies land up to cheer and spill some beans and booze.
The theme for this year's official JW Marriott calendar is a luxury bed where celebrities including Arshad Warsi, Maria Goretti, Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan, DJ Aqueel, cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Shilpa Shetty, Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora, Shivamani, Jesse Randhawa, Mini Mathur, Roshan Abbas and Isha Sharvani have taken turns to roll on the mattress.
At the do, we spotted the same bunch with friends and family tagged along this time obliging the gathered shutterbugs.
The highlight of the eve: a few of these calendar guys and gals where indeed signing autographs on the bed and music maestro Sivamani was trying to evoke some music. |
Bips got a new fan If Bipasha Basu has become weary of her male fan following including Johnny baby and Rocky S, here's a welcome break. She has earned a female disciple of sorts on the sets of Madhur Bhandarkar's Corporate.
When quizzed about it Lamba swears by her saying, "Bipasha is the only woman I really look upto and the most beautiful Indian girl after Aishwarya Rai. I closely watch when she is enacting her scenes.
It only helps me learn and I have started putting them to use already." Now that's called Bips ka jadoo catching up on gals, too. Amruta goes ad-mad Amruta Raichanda who co-starred with Rajeev Khandelwal in Zee TV's Time Bomb is continuing with her ads — Su-kam invertors and generators, Jagdish Stores in Delhi and City Tiles. The Whirlpool contract got over last year, and Raichand may soon endorse a new home appliance.
"I am meeting CEOs of three to four companies in this regard, and very soon, something will materialise."
Meanwhile, she has shot about ten episodes for a travel show which she will anchor on a new channel. "I am not allowed to give away further details on that. You'll have to wait and watch," she flashes a smile. Aamchi Deepshikha | Achint Kaur, Preiti Mamgain, Deepshikha, Niki Aneja Walia | | Preiti Mamgain, Soniya Kapuur, Deepshikha and Manish Goswami | We overheard actress Deepshikha conversing in Marathi at the surprise birthday party she hosted for her saheli script-writer Preiti Mamgain (of Jassi and now Kituu).
Is it because as she has been signed to play the parallel lead role of a Canadian NRI in a Marathi movie titled Mohatyachi Renuka, directed by TV actress Kishori Shahane Vij (Sinndoor)?
"Contrary to impressions, I can speak and read Marathi. After all, mee Mumbaikar naahi kaa?" laughed Deepshikha as she mingled with the guests including producer Manish Goswami, Sonia Kapuur, Nikki Aneja Walia, Hiten Paintal, Kishwar, Mohan Kapur, Achint Kaur and Ravi Behl.
Meanwhile, rumours insist that Kitty Party was all set to revive its second season shortly.
"Wait and watch", was all producer Goswami was willing to comment as he chilled out with the Kitty Party cast in which birthday-girl, Preiti plays a role as well. Suneeta errs Suneeta Rao wrote an article in hitList (yesterday) and she is more than a little embarrassed about some of the boo boos she made while writing.
She now realises that she must've hurt some feelings by using the word spastic, while referring to her friend.
She sent us an email saying, "Kindly replace the sentence which says "my spastic friend Malini Chib," to "my friend, Malini Chib, who has cerebral palsy." The mail reached us late and Suneeta is feeling terrible. It's ok, Ms Rao, it will help to remember that to err is human…. Atkins for Azmi If you've seen 15 Park Avenue, you will agree that Shabana Azmi is looking like a million bucks in the film.
We called the actress to congratulate her on her fab performance and in the film and asked her what is her khoobsurti ka raaz.
She said, "I've been on Atkins, and I think it works for me." Oh yes, it does. |